For members of the public wishing to follow legislation on election and democracy issues, Open Democracy Action provides this tool to learn more, follow developments and take action.  

The NH House & Senate allow for Granite State voters to remotely register support or opposition to pending legislation.  While this is NOT a substitute to calling or writing your state rep or senator, it is fast and easy to do and may give the committee a general impression of support for a bill, and the totals become part of the permanent record.

This page will change on Fridays during the legislative season, January through June.   Scroll down to see what happened the previous week.  

If you have questions about this process, please contact Sara Lobdell, Program Coordinator, Open Democracy Action

Good news!  House Election Law has begun calling for the count of remote sign-ins at the end of every hearing.    Many of them have been 50-1, 80-1 or even higher margins.  Well done, people!   AND, the House has implemented a link where you can see WHO and HOW MANY people signed in on bills, and if they submitted written testimony, you can read it!   Wow, some innovation out of the General Court for a change! 

NH House Sign in Instructions   Click to enlarge the picture

NH Senate Sign-In Instructions

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Full House Session:

Wednesday, May 4, 2022 @ 10AM

and

Thursday, May 5, 2022 @ 9AM

in Representatives Hall

CALL

SB418

Ought to pass with amendment

Call your Rep and urge them to OPPOSE SB418 because it:

-violates voter privacy

-disenfranchises overseas military/overseas citizens

-jeopardizes First in the Nation status

-could disenfranchise same-day registrants who register for the first-time in NH, if they don't follow up with the Secretary of State with ID within 7 days.

If you have a relationship with these key Reps, please contact them and express your opposition.

CALL

SB200

Ought to pass with amendment #1702h

Call your Rep to OPPOSE the Congressional districts because they are:

-Not competitive

-Did not have a public hearing

These districts are almost identical in lack of competitiveness to the Congressional districts the Governor originally vowed to veto.

CALL

SB302

Ought to Pass with amendment

establishing the personal privacy protection act.

Prohibits public agencies and public bodies from releasing any list, record, register, registry, roll, roster or other compilation of data of any kind.

Call your Rep to OPPOSE SB302 because it:

DECREASES transparency in government, in a time when we need more transparency. Makes it more difficult to track Dark money.

Full Senate Session:

Thursday, May 5, 2022 @ 10AM

Senate Chamber

CALL

Call your Senator to SUPPORT this bill, as it makes "illness or medical condition" a reason to request an absentee ballot. Adding this as a reason to request an absentee ballot allows access to the vote for folks who might not be able to vote in-person, but who do not qualify to vote under the other currently accepted reasons to request an absentee ballot.

House Special Committee on Redistricting, April 27, 2022, 11:00AM - 5:00PM, Legislative Office Building Room 201-203.

Executive Session on SB200 (Congressional Districts)

EMAIL

SB200

OTP with amendment #1702h

At the public hearing on Governor Sununu's Congressional districts (4/22) it was made clear the committee intends to amend the Governor's proposal and "make it better." Please email the committee and ask for Congressional districts that are:

-Competitive, where there are as equal as possible populations of voters of both major parties so that all voters have an equal shot at electing their candidate

-Competitive, so that candidates are accountable to and work in the best interests of all voters

-Assure communities are fairly represented

-Anything else you'd like to add from previous testimony on what makes a fair map

To call attention to your testimony, consider writing in bold purple to highlight that NH is a purple state, and we want a purple map.

House Finance Committee, Division I, Tuesday April 26, 2022, 1:00PM, Legislative Office Building, Room 212

House Finance Full Committee, Wednesday April 27, 2022, 3:00PM, Legislative Office Building, Room 210-211

Tuesday is the work meeting (not a public hearing) on SB418, Wednesday is the full committee vote. Please email BOTH Division I of the Finance Committee, and the full committee the following concerns related to the fiscal note of SB418.

EMAIL Division I

EMAIL Full Committee

SB418

Passed

The goal is to have the fiscal committee determine that the price paid for SB418 in dollars is too costly to implement the bill. To that end, SB418 will be:

-Costly to municipalities in money and staff time implementing the more cumbersome same-day registration packet

-Likely more costly than the $685,000 estimate, because the state will need to overestimate the # of pre-paid mailers supplied to each polling place. Overestimation is necessary so polling places don't run out of provisional ballot ID verification packets, which would inhibit folks who need to take the packet from voting if they did run out.

-Cost overseas military voters and overseas citizens their vote (which could cost NH money if NH does not follow the federal requirement to mail overseas ballots 45 days before the election, as would not be possible under SB418).

Governor Sununu - call/email to urge the Governor to commit to vetoing the gerrymandered Senate and Executive Council maps that passed the NH House this week.

603-271-2121

[email protected]

SB240

 Info on map here

Proposed Senate districts for 2020-2030.

-Would guarantee a veto-proof partisan supermajority in the Senate

-Prioritized incumbent Senators, rather than communities of interest or competitive districts

Overall, a gerrymandered and uncompetitive map that doesn't give voters a fair choice in their Senator.

SB241

 Info on map here

Proposed Executive Council districts for 2020-2030.

-District 2 packed with Dem leaning towns, making Repub votes matter less.

-District 4 packed with Repub leaning towns, making Dem votes matter less.

Overall, a gerrymandered and uncompetitive map that doesn't give voters a fair choice in their Executive Councilors.

SB200

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(testimony can be in pdf or text form directly on the sign-in page)

Oppose: 26

Neutral: 3

Support: 0

A Congressional Redistricting Map (the Governor's idea here) is being amended to this bill.

relative to the election of district commissioners in Haverhill.

Talking points

Testimony could focus on:

1.Competitiveness: this map is better than the map the Governor vowed to veto, but could still do more to make the districts competitive.

2. Deviation: the population deviation between the 2 districts is higher than generally accepted for a Congressional map. The deviation could be lowered by swapping Loudon and Epsom between districts.

There will be a visibility 9-10AM outside the LOB. Bring a sign and stand with us for fair maps! 

Full House Session 

Thursday, April 21st, 2022 starting 9:00AM

House Chamber

CALL

(especially these Reps)

SB418

Amendment here

PASSED

180-154

Main talking points:

-violates voter privacy

-disenfranchises overseas military/overseas citizens

-jeopardizes First in the Nation status

-if same-day registrants who register for the first-time in NH don't come to the polls with a photo ID, they have to take the provisional ballot. If they don't return ID information to the SOS within 7 days of election, their vote gets deducted. Has the potential to disenfranchises voters who don't have a photo ID and move to NH, and Granite Staters turning 18 who don't have an ID.

CALL

SB240

 Info on map here

PASSED

Proposed Senate districts for 2020-2030.

-Would guarantee a veto-proof partisan supermajority in the Senate

-Prioritized incumbent Senators, rather than communities of interest or competitive districts

Overall, a gerrymandered and uncompetitive map that doesn't give voters a fair choice in their Senator.

CALL

SB241

 Info on map here

PASSED

Proposed Executive Council districts for 2020-2030.

-District 2 packed with Dem leaning towns, making Repub votes matter less.

-District 4 packed with Repub leaning towns, making Dem votes matter less.

Overall, a gerrymandered and uncompetitive map that doesn't give voters a fair choice in their Executive Councilors.

HB1163

Support: 171 Oppose: 37 Neutral: 3

SB240

T

Committee vote: Ought to Pass 8-7

Majority party's Senate redistricting map for 2020-2030. This map would likely guarantee a veto-proof partisan supermajority in the Senate, and needs to be amended so that ALL Granite Staters can have competitive, fair elections for the next decade. Click the "T" to learn how the map affects your community,

and email the Committee your testimony: [email protected]

SB241

T

Committee vote: Ought to Pass 8-7

and email the Committee your testimony: [email protected]

House Election Law Committee, Wednesday, April 13th, 2022

*Executive Session*

No sign-ins. Please send the Committee an email to support SB425 and oppose SB418.

EMAIL:

[email protected]

SB418

Committee vote: 11-9 Ought to Pass with amendment

EMAIL:

[email protected]

SB425 

Committee vote: 11-9 Inexpedient to Legislate

SB348

Support: 3

Oppose: 16

Relaxes current campaign finance regulations by allowing candidate committees, non-candidate political committees and political advocacy organizations unlimited contributions to the same. Allows persons or corporations unlimited contributions to political advocacy organizations.

SB425

Support: 60

Oppose: 4

This is a priority bill for ODA that modernizes NH's elections and makes the voting registration process easier for voters.

An election information portal would allow voters to easily and electronically input information into a system for town/city clerks approval. Voters could input registration info, change voter registration, request an absentee ballot, and change mailing or domicile addresses.  

SB418

T

Support: 86

Oppose: 868

Talking points the same for the amended bill, EXCEPT that same-day registrants are NOT required to take a provisional ballot, unless they are registering for the first time in NH.

SB302

Support: 7

Oppose: 12

A bill that DECREASES transparency in government in a time when we need more transparency. Also makes it  MORE difficult to track Dark money.

Prohibits public agencies and public bodies from releasing any list, record, register,
registry, roll, roster or other compilation of data of any kind.

T= Written/In-Person Testimony Needed 

Click to see details

SB364

Support: 48

Oppose: 1

SB365

Support: 122

Oppose: 0

SB427

Support: 189

Oppose:

3

T

Adds "illness or medical condition" as a reason for requesting an absentee ballot.

Testimony points:

Folks voting absentee due to safety concerns for Covid-19 may not feel comfortable selecting "disability" as a reason for requesting an absentee ballot, as they must do in current law, but could select "illness" with this law and vote absentee.

This bill also makes it easier for folks to vote absentee who are unable to make it to the polls for a non-Covid-related illness they may not consider a disability.

T= Written/In-Person Testimony Needed 

Click on the T for testimony tips

Click to see details

HB1594

Support: 91

Oppose:

3

T= Written/In-Person Testimony Needed 

Click on the T for testimony tips

Click to see details

HB1153

Support: 7

Oppose: 28

HB1203

Support: 10

Oppose: 35

This is a good bill, that got stuck with a BAD amendment. We are opposing the bill as amended, which has the potential to make voting burdensome for folks who move frequently or have moved recently. It also includes language similar to language that was struck down by the NH Supreme Court in the SB3 case.  

NH Senate Session, March 31st, 10AM, Senate Chamber

*Floor Vote*

No Sign in. See guidance below.

13-11 passed, will next be heard in the House

SB418

Talking Points

(Talking points the same for the amended bill, EXCEPT that same-day registrants are NOT required to take a provisional ballot)

SB418 was amended and passed in committee. The amendment removes same-day voters from the group of people required to take a provisional ballot, but that does not go far enough to change this bill's potential to disenfranchise. Our next opportunity to stop this bill is at the full Senate vote this Thursday. Please call your NH Senator to oppose this BAD bill. See talking points for full details. 

It is a Big Lie bill intended to do an end-run around New Hampshire's Qualified Voter Affidavit system, which NH chose to do to accept Help America Vote Act (HAVA) fund.  It creates a system of provisional ballots of a different identifying color which will be deducted from the count if the voter fails to return with adequate documentation proving identity and domicile. 

Passed, will next be heard in the House

This is a priority bill for ODA that modernizes NH's elections and makes the voting registration process easier for voters.

An election information portal would allow voters to easily and electronically input information into a system for town/city clerks approval. Voters could input registration info, change voter registration, request an absentee ballot, and change mailing or domicile addresses.  

HB1567

Support: 16 Oppose: 92 Neutral: 0

NH Senate Session, March 24th, 9AM-1PM, Senate Chamber

*Floor Vote*

No Sign in. See guidance below.

SB418

Talking Points

(Talking points the same for the amended bill, EXCEPT that same-day registrants are NOT required to take a provisional ballot)

SB418 was amended and passed in committee. The amendment removes same-day voters from the group of people required to take a provisional ballot, but that does not go far enough to change this bill's potential to disenfranchise. Our next opportunity to stop this bill is at the full Senate vote this Thursday. Please call your NH Senator to oppose this BAD bill. See talking points for full details. 

It is a Big Lie bill intended to do an end-run around New Hampshire's Qualified Voter Affidavit system, which NH chose to do to accept Help America Vote Act (HAVA) fund.  It creates a system of provisional ballots of a different identifying color which will be deducted from the count if the voter fails to return with adequate documentation proving identity and domicile. 

 Passed (12-10) with amendment 1188s 

SB241

apportioning executive council districts 

SB241 unamended is the Executive Council redistricting map that is identical to NH's current redistricting map (with the "Dragon" District 2). 

Sen. Gray released an amendment that will be taken up Thursday on the floor. While District 2 no longer stretches from river to sea, the amendment does not change that the district is full of Democrat leaning towns. Further, there has been no public hearing on this bill; no chance for the public to weigh in on changes.

Call your Senator to oppose SB241 and ANY amendments that are not competitive and have not been given a public hearing.

Full NH Senate Session, March 17th 9AM, Senate Chamber

*Floor Vote*

No Sign in on these bills. Please call your NH Senator and urge them to amend these maps so they are competitive, not gerrymandered.

Click for Analysis of bills

Session over

CALL

apportioning congressional districts.

 Senate passed 13-11

CALL

apportioning executive council districts

Full NH House Session, March 15-17th, House Chamber

*Floor Vote*

No Sign in. See guidance on each bill below.

Session over

Call

Please call your NH Representative and urge them to "Table" this bill.

This is a good bill, that got stuck with a BAD amendment. We are opposing the bill as amended, which has the potential to make voting burdensome for folks who move frequently/have moved recently. It also includes language similar to language that was struck down by the NH Supreme Court in the SB3 case.  

Call

HB1264

Laid on Table

Please call your NH Representative and urge them to pass/support this bill.

See talking points here.

NH Senate Election Law, March 14th, 2022

*Executive Session*

No Sign in. Please call Chairman Gray to vote "Interim Study" on SB418. An amendment was brought forth to clarify some language on this bill, but it's too little too late. The entire premise of this bill has negative consequences for voting rights and should be opposed. We're asking the committee to "study" the bill, with the hope that it will die in study and not be re-introduced.

Executive Session Over

CALL

SB418

Hearing results:

Support: 82 Oppose: 177 Neutral:  0

OTP with amendment

NH House Election Law, March 9th, 2022

*Executive Session Bills Below*

No Sign in on these bills, but we encourage you to call/email the Committee to oppose these bills and vote "Inexpedient to Legislate."

HB1473-FN (interim study)

HB 1064-FN (ITL)

HB 1485-FN (ITL)

 HB 1542-FN (ITL)

HB 1543-FN (ITL)

CACR 15 (OTP with amendment 11-9)

HB 1567-FN (OTP with amendment 12 - 8)

Call/Email

One email for all bills is fine. These are all Big Lie bills we have opposed in the past. Scroll down for more details on each bill if needed, they are all described further down the page.

Many of these bills propose a solution where no problem exists, so your call/email might include the sentiment that "if it ain't broke...don't fix it." Or, why spend taxpayer money on sham election reviews, when our election has already been certified? Or a message based in voting rights, that ALL votes and all voices matter, elections are already secure and fair, no need to make it more complicated for the public to vote.

T= Written/In-Person Testimony Needed 

Click on the T for testimony tips

HB87

Support: 6 Oppose: 95 Neutral: 0

T= Written/In-Person Testimony Needed 

Click on the T for testimony tips

CACR15

This hearing is a public hearing on non-germane amendment #2022-0735h to CACR 15, which is essentially a copy of CACR 36. We opposed CACR 36, which added "primary residence" to domicile and we think is another attempt to disenfranchise college students. 

We support this bill in its original form, but NOT in this amended form. We are opposing the amended form of this bill. 

*Executive Session Bills Below*

No Sign in on these bills, but we encourage you to send an email to the House Election Law Committee to support these bills before the executive session.     One email for both bills is fine.

HB1326

ITL

HB1394

ITL 

Amends RSA 664 to insert LLCs into the requirements that "any political committee, political advocacy organization, or candidate that makes a contribution to any other committee, organization, or candidate of over $1,000 that is comprised of funds received from donations, contributions, dues, or gifts from a different entity shall include the total amount and source of such funds in any report required to be submitted pursuant to this chapter."  LLCs are a source of Dark Money because it is difficult to trace back ownership of the LLC.

T= Written/In-Person Testimony Needed 

Click on the T for testimony tips!

HB1643

T

This bill establishes a $10/month fine to be assessed on anyone establishing residency in NH who hasn't obtained an NH driver's license within 60 days of establishing residency.

It also requires the secretary of state to notify the department of safety when an individual's
record in the voter database contains information derived from an out-of-state driver's
license. 

We oppose this bill for its potential to intimidate and disenfranchise voters, particularly college students.

House Floor Vote - Not a Hearing

Click on "Call" to find your Representative's number, and "Talking Points" for information to share with your Rep.

HB1423

Call

Talking Points

Priority Bill:  One of Granny D's signature reforms, ODA's Honest Elections public funding of elections bill will not only reduce the influence of special interests, it will help candidates without big money funding to compete.    It distributes four $25 Voter Dollars certificates to registered voters to donate to the gubernatorial or Executive Council candidates of their choice. This bill is being voted on by the full NH House on Wednesday, Feb 16th. Please call your NH House Rep urging them to support this bill.

T= Written/In-Person Testimony Needed 

Click on the T for testimony tips!

SB248

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Support: 69

Oppose: 2

Committee rec: Interim Study

SB348

Support: 11

Oppose: 28

Defines the limit on political contributions made by a person, corporation, candidate committee, non-candidate political committee, or political advocacy organization. However, wording is confusing as relates to contributions by partnerships and unions - are these contributions prohibited? Or prohibited only in excess of the defined limits? We are asking you to oppose this bill until we have more information/clarity on the bill's writing.

SB365

Support: 61

Oppose: 1

OTP with amendment

HB1324

Support: 2 Oppose: 188 Neutral: 0

Inexpedient to Legislate

HB1359

Support: 8 Oppose: 57 Neutral: 0

Inexpedient to Legislate

HB1543

Support: 7 Oppose: 138 Neutral: 0

ITL

*Executive Session* - No Testimony Taken

Senate Election Law & Municipal Affairs Committee, February 7, 2022, 1 - 4PM, State House, Room 100 

Click to see details

HB50

Email

House Election Law, February 3, 2022, 9:30 - 10:30AM, LOB, 306-308

HB1174

NH Senate Election Law & Municipal Affairs, Jan. 31, 2022, 1 pm - 4 pm ***Representatives Hall*** 2nd Floor, State House

CACR36

OTP with Amendment (3-2)

Senate Laid on Table

SB255

Interim study (3-2)

HB50

T

Hearing:

Support: 5

Oppose: 376

Committee Vote: Ought to Pass with Amendment #0560s

Full Senate: Passed 14-10

House Concurs

HB52

T

Hearing:

Support 5

Oppose 547

Committee vote: OTP without amendment

House Election Law, February 2, 2022, 9:30 - 2 pm ***Representatives Hall*** 2nd Floor, State House

HB1484

This is a crackpot Big Lie bill of the first order. It requires the speaker of the house to appoint an outside party to do a sham recount of the Nov 3, 2020 general election.  It also sets up a fund to offset the costs of the recount to be administered by the secretary of state and can be paid into by private donors.

HB1473

Support: 275 Oppose: 289 Neutral: 0

Interim study

Outlines how a sham election review is to be conducted and who is to be elected to the third party audit team. 

NH already has recount and proper audit mechanisms in place to address the rare occurrence of a questioned process. This sole purpose of this partisan exercise is to cast doubt on the 2020 election. 

House Education, February 2, 2022, LOB, 205-207

HB1594

Support: 143 Oppose: 28 Neutral: 0

NH Senate Election Law & Municipal Affairs, Jan. 24, 1-4 pm, State House, Rm 100

SB425

Committee Vote:

Ought to Pass (5-0)

SB427

Support: 85 Oppose: 26 

T

OTP with amendment

NH Senate Election Law & Municipal Affairs, Jan. 26, 1-4 pm, State House, Rm 100

HB54

Support: 1 Oppose: 0

Committee Vote:

OTP (3-2)

This is the state's voting district map of county commissioner seats.  Neither ODA nor the Map-a-Thon Project has taken a position on these maps.

Download the map in PDF

HB55

Support: 5 Oppose: 0

Committee Vote:

OTP (3-2)

Amended By Senate

House Concurs

HB1014

T

Support: 338 Oppose: 15 Neutral: 0

Laid on Table

HB1252

Hearing

Support: 54 Oppose: 2 Neutral: 0

Inexpedient to Legislate

This amend RSA 664:4 to ban political contributions by any person or business entity that has received any grant from the state of New Hampshire in the last 2 years.

HB1326

Hearing

Support: 69 Oppose: 3 Neutral: 0

ODA's "Corporate Ban" bill, which keeps business entities from using money our the corporation's treasury as campaign contributions.   Instead, they must use segregated funds for such activities, such as individual contributions by employees held in one fund.

HB1394

Hearing

Support: 63 Oppose: 2 Neutral: 0

Amends RSA 664 to insert LLCs into the requirements that "any political committee, political advocacy organization, or candidate that makes a contribution to any other committee, organization, or candidate of over $1,000 that is comprised of funds received from donations, contributions, dues, or gifts from a different entity shall include the total amount and source of such funds in any report required to be submitted pursuant to this chapter."  LLCs are a source of Dark Money because it is difficult to trace back ownership of the LLC.

HB1423

Hearing

T

Support: 95 Oppose: 8 Neutral: 0

inexpedient to legislate (ITL)

Priority Bill:  One of Granny D's signature reforms, ODA's Honest Elections public funding of elections bill will not only reduce the influence of special interests, it will help candidates without big money funding to compete.    It distributes four $25 Voter Dollars certificates to registered voters to donate to the gubernatorial or Executive Council candidates of their choice.   Written testimony encouraged by Tuesday night for distribution Wednesday, January 19.

HB1542

Hearing

Support: 13 Oppose: 140 Neutral: 1

ITL

HB1442

Hearing

Support: 126 Oppose: 6 Neutral: 0

ITL

House Election Law, Jan.  20, 2022, State House, Rm 100

T = Written/In-Person Testimony Needed

HB1567

Hearing

HB1485

Hearing

Support: 15 Oppose: 41 Neutral: 0

ITL

 NH Senate Election Law & Municipal Affairs, Jan. 20, 1-4 pm, State House, Rm 100

T = Written/In-Person Testimony Needed

SB418

Hearing-

Support: 82 Oppose: 177 Neutral:  0

OTP with amendment

CACR17

ITL

HB1482

Hearing

ITL

HB1264

Hearing

Laid on Table

CACR22

ITL

CACR15

Hearing

OTP with amendment

CACR19

Hearing

HB1064

HB1157

Hearing

OTP

HB1247

NH Senate Election Law & Municipal Affairs, Jan. 12, 1-4 pm, State House, Rm 100 

T = Written/In-Person Testimony Needed

SB242

Committee Vote: 

Ought to Pass (4-0)

SB328

Hearing-

Support: 6

Oppose: 2

Neutral: 0

Committee Vote: 

Ought to Pass with Amendment

SB364

Committee Vote:

Ought to Pass (4-0)

Hearing

SB366

Hearing:

Support: 15  Oppose: 5  Neutral: 0

Committee Vote: Ought to Pass (5-0) with Amendment

Action #

1

Call Sen. Hassan 

Phone call to U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (or your senator, if not from NH) to tell her you support the For the People Act

Anti-Freedom to Vote Act dark money groups are mobilizing calls to Sen. Hassan because she's up for reelection.   We need to phone in our support for Freedom to Vote Act, and tell your story as to why the bill is important to you.

888-453-3211  (Senate Switchboard - ask for the Senator's office)

Senator Maggie Hassan's NH Office, 603-622-2204

Sample Script

June 22

2

Call Sen. Hassan - Filibuster

Phone call to U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (or your senator, if not from NH) to tell her to either modify or get rid of the filibuster

Sen. Hassan needs to hear from voters about getting rid of the filibuster, which requires 60 votes to end, but may be open to changing it to allow this bill.  

888-453-3211  (Senate Switchboard - ask for the Senator's office)

Senator Maggie Hassan's NH Office, 603-622-2204

Sample Phone Script

June 22

3

Call Sen. Shaheen 

Phone call to U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen  (or your senator, if not from NH)

Sen. Shaheen supports the Freedom to Vote Act, but needs to be persuaded to become a CHAMPION of the bill and convince her colleagues.

888-453-3211  (Senate Switchboard - ask for the Senator's office)

Senator Shaheen's NH Office, 603-647-7500

Sample Script

June 22

4

Call Sen. Shaheen - Filibuster

Phone call to U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (or your senator, if not from NH) to tell her to either modify or get rid of the filibuster

Sen. Shaheen has expressed a willingness to change or get rid of the filibuster in the past. 

888-453-3211  (Senate Switchboard - ask for the Senator's office)

Senator Shaheen's NH Office, 603-647-7500

Sample Script

June 22

5

Share the Action Page w/Sympathetic Folks

Share this Freedom to Vote Action page by email with 5 or more friends to get them to take action

We need as many different folks to call as possible.  Someday, bad actors will come for YOUR vote, too!

https://www.opendemocracyaction.org/forthepeopleactaction

Sample Social Media  Copy & Graphic

We want you as part of the team to help us pass the #HR1 / #S1 #ForthePeopleAct.  We have a dozen of simple actions you can take to help make this happen. 

https://www.opendemocracyaction.org/for_the_people_act_action_page  

June 20

6

Phone Banking Tuesdays

Help Us Make Calls to NH Voters during our phone bank on Tuesday nights 6-8 pm.

This type of phone banking uses your computer and microphone, and an autodialer, to make the calls.  You'll be calling liberals and independents who are likely supporters of HR1/S1 to get them to call Senator Hassan's office.   You will be connecting the voter to the office with a button push.

Sign up to help and pick your dates: 

https://www.mobilize.us/endcitizensunited/event/393474/

This is with our partners End Citizens United and 603 Forward. 

Scripts are built in to the program. 

Training will be provided at the beginning of the evening.

June 14, June 21

7

Sign/Share Petition

Sign the petition letter to Sens. Hassan & Shaheen & SHARE in your social media channels

To be successful, this petition needs you to SHARE the link on social media. 

https://www.opendemocracynh.org/nhforthepeopleact

Just go to the page and sign it.  You'll receive an email in response to SHARE.  You'll also be given a chance to share via social media.

June 22

8

Texting Team

Help us text voters to call Sens. Hassan and Shaheen

We're teaming up with a national partner, Movement Labs,  to do some automated  texting.   For folks who don't like phone banking, this is another way to help generate calls to the Senators.  This system uses your computer to send the texts and receive the replies.

1) Contact Brian and tell him you'd like to help

2) RSVP at the ODA website:

https://www.opendemocracyaction.org/2021_textbank

3)  Take the 10 min. training

Between Friday, June 18 and Tuesday, June 22.

9

Yard Signs

Make a sign for your yard, and for your neighbors & family

Get your neighbors to call your Senators

Sample Signs

10

Do an Event

Hold an Event in Your Town

• Sign holding
• Tabling at an event

The goal is to get others in your town to call the Senator's offices. 

Signs should have phone number for Senators.  You don't need to coordinate with us, but we would like to support you by getting the word out if we can. 

Also, if possible, get people to call while they're at the event.

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Share on Social

Share our For the People Act graphic in your social media channels

Get others to call their U.S. Senators to support S. 1 and get rid or change the filibuster to get it done.

Patriotic Americans want to see their freedom to vote protected, equal access for all voters, keep billionaires from buying our elections, and ethics reforms to keep our politicians working for us. That's why smart voters support the For the People Act, and are calling their U.S Senators at 888-453-3211 to tell them to do what it takes to get it passed.

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Write an LTE

ASAP, Write letters to the editor urging others to call their Senators

Let's flood the local papers with requests for people to support the For the People Act  - Please read the samples with stats of how both Republican & Democratic voters support the bill.

The NH Sierra Club has a great tool with the email addresses and specs for LTEs for the larger NH papers.

https://www.sierraclub.org/new-hampshire/how-submit-letter-editor-lte-new-hampshire

Samples   - go ahead and write one if you're ready

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Join a Team

Join a NH-based Open Democracy Team

Our six teams educate you, so you can take action and educate others.  Like this action page, we have a team action page that is updated with prepared activities each week so you can take smart, targeted actions.

https://www.opendemocracyaction.org/regional_democracy_teams

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Make a Selfie

Make a video, distribute it on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter

Urge your friends to call their Senators.  Make sure to give the number, 888-453-3211

You can use your phone, computer or tablet to record.  No titling or graphics are necessary. 

Sample script for your video

Sample video https://youtu.be/cU1RyUfk-Ko

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 Share the For the People Song

This video was made by some members of our North Country Open Democracy Team.   It's fun and helps explain the big points of the bill.  Copy & paste the post at right, and the graphic for the video will pop into Facebook.

Copy & Paste:

Check out this song about about the For the People Act, written and performed by Granite Staters. The #S1 #ForthePeopleAct comes up for a vote soon, so call your U.S. Senator now, 888-453-3211, and please SHARE!  https://youtu.be/tk-esT6o8eA

Facebook Post

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Suggested text:

[Please SHARE & Save Lives!]
We want everyone in New Hampshire that if they have COVID-19 concerns, and don't wish to vote in person, they can request an absentee ballot.  Do it ASAP.

Download or request your absentee ballot application at your town's website or go to our new web page for a link to the Secretary of State's document download page.

We've created a guide to help you at https://www.opendemocracynh.org/absentee Fill out your application completely, marking "COVID-19" as your excuse, then sign -- in ink-- the application's affidavit.

Nationally, experts predict that 50% of all ballots cast in 2020 will be by absentee ballot. The longer you wait, the more overwhelmed our town and city clerks will be as the election draws near. #StayatHomeVoteatHome   SHARE this!

Email

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Hi, Friends:

I'm writing to friends in New Hampshire that if they have COVID-19 concerns, and don't wish to vote in person, they can request an absentee ballot.  Do it ASAP.

Download or request your absentee ballot application at your town's website or go to our new web page for a link to the Secretary of State's document download page.

Open Democraacy has created a guide to help you at https://www.opendemocracynh.org/absentee Fill out your application completely, marking "COVID-19" as your excuse, then sign -- in ink-- the application's affidavit.

Nationally, experts predict that 50% of all ballots cast in 2020 will be by absentee ballot. The longer you wait, the more overwhelmed our town and city clerks will be as the election draws near.   

Thanks, stay safe, and please let me know if you have questions.

Instagram Post

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[Please SHARE & Save Lives!]

New rules in NH allow voters concerned with COVID-19 to vote by absentee ballot. Follow this link http://www.OpenDemocracyNH.org/absentee for more info and find links to download your application. Keep poll workers and fellow voters SAFE and SHARE this post with you friends!

30-Second Video PSA in MP4 (works with Facebook, Twitter

 View & right click to save the file:    http://www.beihl.org/OpenDemocracy/absenteeballot/NHAbsenteeBallotRequestRunUntil20201031.mp4

Facebook Profile Picture

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If you're able, replace your Facebook profile picture with the "Ask Me About Absentee" profile button.  We've already heard this is working!

Twitter Post

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[Please SHARE & Save Lives!]

New rules in NH allow voters concerned with COVID-19 to vote by absentee ballot. Follow this link http://www.OpenDemocracyNH.org/absentee for more info and find links to download your application. Keep poll workers and fellow voters SAFE.

 Printable Poster

This poster can be printed 8-1/2 x 11 or 11x17 at home for distribution on community bulletin boards.  Or, if you would like us to send printed copies, we're happy to make some for you.  Contact Doreen to order copies.